# Cloudflare AI Search vs Qdrant API + MCP (slim)

> Cloudflare AI Search and Qdrant score within a point of each other for db hybrid, 73.5 and 73.3 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cloudflare AI Search and Qdrant API + MCP score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 73.5 (BB) and 73.3 (BB). Qdrant API + MCP leads on security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do db hybrid.

- Cloudflare AI Search: BB 73.5, rank #92 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-ai-search.min.md
- Qdrant API + MCP: BB 73.3, rank #95 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qdrant.min.md
- Cloudflare AI Search, good for Teams already on Cloudflare that want a managed retrieval index over their own documents or website, with hybrid search and a ready MCP endpoint, without running a vector database. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 45 against 30.
- Qdrant API + MCP, good for Filtered vector search and multi-tenant retrieval where the agent can call REST, and for teams that want the same engine self-hosted and managed. Ahead on Security & auth, 83 against 68; Maintenance & community, 85 against 78; Transparency & trust, 83 against 73. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Cloudflare AI Search | Qdrant API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 89 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 88 | 87 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 83 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 83 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cloudflare AI Search | Qdrant API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | Qdrant |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.cloud.qdrant.io` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for db hybrid | $0.75 per 1,000 requests | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's Self-Serve Subscription Agreement. The `cloudflare` SDKs are Apache-2.0, `ai-search-provider` is MIT and the OpenAPI repository is BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 1 | 2 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | 2021-12-10 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 86 npm/wk | 35k stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 3M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3.6/5 (8) |